The hell in Afghanistanafter the lethal earthquake The 6 Richter that hit many cities east of the country on Sunday night (31/8/2025). Every minute dead are recovered from the debris creating images that correspond to what we see from the wreckage of wars. The report so far is about 800 dead and 3,000 injured, with these numbers, of course, being sure to increase after all 5 aftershocks.
After the earthquake, dozens of rescuers arriving, revealing the enormous disaster that has suffered Afghanistan, while at Jalalabad airport AFP reporters saw hundreds of members of the security forces load mainly white savannahs.
There have already been 40 flights to transport assistance and the removal of dozens of dead and wounded and it seems that the next few hours will be even more difficult for Afghanistan residents.
Of course, the impression is that “so far no foreign government has expressed its intention to provide us with support,” a spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry said. The only one who later responded was China, declaring ready to help.
It is recalled that The earthquake had a small focal depth of 8 kilometers, and 42 kilometers from Jalalambad, in Afghanistan, According to the estimate of the US Institute of Geological Studies (USGS).
The temporary report is 800 dead and 2,500 injured in Kunar and 12 dead and 255 injured in Nangarhar.
In East Afghanistan #earthquake 622 people were killed, hundreds of losses and more than 2000 people were injured.
This really heartbreaking Lord is the help of our Afghan brothers in this difficult time ..#earthquake pic.twitter.com/GUN8xKfcMt– Güzide E. Mertcan (@Guzideerbas34) September 1, 2025
Afghan officials do not stop repeating that the reports of the victims will increase as investigations into isolated, mountainous areas along the border with Pakistan are continuing where many mud and stones houses have collapsed, and declaring that the damage to Kunar is “too much”.
Deeply saddened by the news of the earthquake in Afghanistan. My heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. #AfghanistanEarthquake #Afghanistan #Afghanistan #earthquake #Pakistan #Pakistani #IndonesiaGelap pic.twitter.com/wNsKc1xZ2K
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Three villages were completely leveled
According to the Ministry of Health, three villages were leveled in the province of Kunar, and serious damage has occurred in many more.
“We have never seen anything like this before,” said Iyaz Ulhak Yand, a Nourgalkkal official in Kunar province. “It was scary, the kids and the women screaming,” he added.
Heavy devastation in Afghanistan, more than 600 people killed, 100 injured due to earthquake #earthquake #Afghanistan #AfghanistanEarthquake #Afghanistan #AfgEarthquake pic.twitter.com/Gb4OZ2cKk7
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Most families, he explained, had just returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan or Iran from where the authorities were expelled.
“There are about 2,000 families of immigrants who had returned and intended to build their home” in this rural area bordering Pakistan, he said.
So far 622 people have died due to earthquake in Afghanistan, the death toll is expected to increase#Afghanistan #Afghanistan #earthquake pic.twitter.com/w9pFleAZgq
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In addition, the Nangarhar province had been affected last week by sudden floods that cost five people and caused material damage to rural and residential areas.
After Earthquake Visuals: A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on August 31, 2025#rescue #Afghanistan #earthquake #hazzard pic.twitter.com/1cF8F9Z7Tn
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Afghanistan’s “relationship” with earthquakes
In Afghanistan there are often strong earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Cous Mountains area where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plate intersect.
But today was particularly powerful, with AFP reporters reporting that they felt the vibration in Kabul, as well as in Islamabad, Pakistan, 370 kilometers from the focus.
By 2021, when they returned to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has faced another devastating earthquake: in 2023 in Herat, in the western part of the country near the border with Iran, when more than 1,500 people were killed and more than 63.00 were destroyed.
The ‘forgotten’ country below the poverty line
Humanitarian organizations complain that in Afghanistan a forgotten crisis is unfolding, with the UN estimating that more than half of the country’s population needs humanitarian aid as it is below the poverty line.
Diplomats and executives of relief organizations note that the crises that have erupted elsewhere in the world, as well as the indignation of donors to policies adopted by the Taliban about women have led to a drastic reduction in humanitarian aid received by Afghanistan.
“So far no foreign government has expressed its intention to provide us with support,” a spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry said.
JUST IN: Massive Earthquake HIT Afganistan, more than 622 dead.#Afghanistan #AfghanistanEarthquake pic.twitter.com/xgdgbzkxtY
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The UN mission to Afghanistan, one of the latest international organizations that is still active in the country, expressed “its deep sorrow over the devastating earthquake that caused hundreds of dead”.
“Our teams are on the spot to provide emergency help,” he added.
For his part, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres expressed “his full solidarity with the Afghan people”.